News Note: James O’Keefe, the right-wing
dirty trickster and head of “Project
Veritas,” whose speciality is secretly videotaping people using “disguises
and hidden cameras to uncover supposed liberal bias and corruption,"
yelled “Gotcha!” at ABC’s David Wright this week. ABC overreacted by suspending
Wright for saying these things, among others:
“‘I don’t think we’re terribly interested in
voters,’ he said, echoing gripes about the superficiality of some aspects of
White House and campaign coverage that have been raised by journalists for
decades.
[He also said,] “‘Commercial imperative is
incompatible with news.’”
—David Wright, ABC News, in Paul Farhi, “ABC
News suspends correspondent David Wright after comments about Trump coverage,
socialism, in Project Veritas Sting,” The Washington Post, Feb. 26, 2020.
• Editorial Comment: Yesterday, the WORD featured Trump suing the NYTimes; today, ABC
News voluntarily shoots itself in the head. Sheesh.
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